The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
PERSONAL.

MISS ANNA DICKINSON has so far recovered her
health as to he able to take short walks in the
open air at HoneSdGle.
JOHN L. SuLLIvANs exhibition at Nantasket
netted exactly ST 500, which is to go toward the
erection of a church at that place,
JUSTICE FIELD, of the United States Supreme
Court, thinks the division of California into two
States is certain to occur before long.
THE cities of Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo and
Sandusly will celebrate the anniversary of Com,
Perry's victory on Lake Erie on Sept. 10.
Gov, FORAKER will deliver the annual address
at the gathering of the Western Reserve Pion-
Ger Association at North Scion, o., Aug 81.
AMONG the passengers on the steamer I'm
bria. which left Liverpool for this country on
Saturday. are the Duke of Marlborough and
Lord Dysart.
WALT. WHITMAN, peremptorily refuses to re-
ceive n weekly pension from the Boston Whit
man Society. He is not good gray poet for
revenue only.
GEN. GREEDY. of Arctic fame, was banqueted
on Saturday by the New Bedford Board of Trade,
and made to recount his experiences in the re-
gions of perpetuas snow.
HARRIET BEEcuEG STOWE has written letter
to a friend denying that she is in poor health
She says she is able to take a long walk every
day aud feels strong and hopeful.
JOHN DEMIER of Allentown, Mo, claims to
be the oldest volunteer fireman in the United
States, He joined Relief Company No. =. of
Cincinnati, O., in 1928. He is now 80 years of
age
HORACE T Cook, Treasurer of Cayuga county,
New York, is entitled to distinction as a tena.
Cious Office holder. He was first elected to that
position thirty-nine years ago, and has just been
ipnominated for the fourteenth consecutive
time.
TALMADGE A. LAMBERT a Washington lawyer
who says he is the son of David Lambert, a
newspaper man in the Northwest years ago, has
begun proceedings 20 establish his claim to 47S
acres Of land on the shore of Lake Phalen
Mimi, valued at S1,0000O0.
Ex-SpEAKrR GALusHA A. GRow who secured
the passage Of the homestead law has received
n cane bearing this inscription: To the Hon
Galusha A. Grow, Speaker OF Congress 1868
This cane grew on The first homestead in the
United States Presented by the first home.
steader Daniel Freeman, Beatrice. Nebraska.
MuRAT HAlsrEAD writes that he has spent two
days IN close examination of the battle fields
west OF Metz, and processes himself unable to
make ont the positions which he, Moncure D.
Conway and Won Moltke occupied seventeen
years ago. In fact he adds, the lines of
battle are not what had supposed them to be
when spectator, so that contemporary history
may have 20 be rewritten"
CARDINAL Newman's brother, Prof William
Newman, is also an octogenarian. He is a. man
Of the deepest scholarly attainment and con.
flrIned free thinker. For forty years he and his
brother the priest. were strangers, but recently
the Prince Of the Church and his atheist brother
met and embraced and now they are the best Of
friends and never aude TO their differences of
opinion nor long years of separation.
SAM JONES told an anecdote at Round Lake,
n. y: ~ can get along with an old sinner: |
can bear patiently with poor drunkard but
when church member begins to apologize for
his meauneSs and gets mad because he is told of
his faults. II makes me sick at my stomach II
any of Of you get mad ut what am saying lust
come up like gentlemen and ask my pardon and
Ill forgive you" Nobody apologi1ed
GEAR ALEXANDER has found diversion very
soothing to his disordered nerves A short
time ago the complaint reached his ear that the
carp and pike in the ponds of Gatshina were
multiplying too fast The Car resolved TO oc-
cupy his leisure hours with fishing. While at
first only sport to him IL has now become a con.
firmed habit. lndefatigably he sits on the bank